The Tall Man

This movie was awesome.  I saw it after The Pact, or else I'd be calling it the first good thing I've seen in awhile.  

Jessica Biel stars as a nurse in a tiny, depressed town where children are regularly disappearing without a trace, apparently kidnapped by a tall man who wears only black.

I can't get into it without ruining it for you.  So good.  Watch it.

Released: 2012

Availability: DVD and streaming

Why I watched: Netflix recommended

The Pact

This is the first US horror movie/thriller that has really impressed me in awhile.

The premise is a young woman named Annie (Caity Lotz, who played Donald Draper's California wife's niece on Mad Men), who goes home for her abusive mother's funeral.  Weird things start happening in the house, which make Annie begin to face some of the weird stuff from her childhood.

SUCH A GOOD MOVIE.  See it.

Availability: DVD and streaming
Released: 2012
Reason I watched: Netflix recommended

A History of Violence

When this movie came to theaters, I remember thinking it was going to be, literally, a history of violence.  Like a documentary.  And even after I realized that wasn't the case, I didn't want to see it.

It's pretty good, though.  Viggo Mortenson and Maria Bello play a married couple in a small Indiana town.  He owns a little diner, which gets held up by criminals, and his quick reactions save the day...and unleash a host of other problems when Ed Harris comes to town claiming Mortenson is actually a thug from a Philly crime family.

I mean, if nothing else is on, this isn't bad.  It wouldn't be my go-to, though.

Availability: DVD only
Released: 2005
Added to my queue: 2/12/2008
Reason added to my queue: unknown